Wheel.



J. D. CASEY.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.20, 1912 Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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JAMES D. CASEY. OF BALTIMORE. MARYLAND.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5. Hit '2.

Application filed February 20. 1912. Serial No. 678,812.

To (1/! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAUI-IS D. CASEY. a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore. in the State of Maryland. have in vented certain new and useful Improve a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wheels, and has for device especially adapted ioruse on automobiles and motor vehicles wherehv the pneumatic tires generallyin use on such vehicles may be dispensed with. atthe same time retaining the by said pneumatic tires.

The invention consists of the novel eoncushioned etl'ect prodiuced hlocks it and through the face and at their lower ends hy the holts l5. l'letween each of the reinorahle spokes T and the integral spokes J of the face i. is a cylinder 16 having a trunnion IT n each side mounted ments in heels, of. which the following is its ohject to provide a struction and arrangement of the parts and i combination of parts he :inat'ter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l is a side elevation of my invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional .view. on. an enlarged scale, through one of the spokes and the huh. Fig. 3 is 4 perspective view of the inner wheel, hroken away. Fig. t is a 'icrspective view of one of the stationary hloc'ks. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of )lOClCS.

Referring to the accompanying drawings. forming part of this specification, and in which like ret'erence numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 'l designates the outta-wheel within which is tleXihly connected the inner wheel. This partly inner wheel is con'iposed of. two tact-s the face 2 of which has a central apertt' e 3 which fits over the huh t, and a number of, integral spokes 5. The outer edge 6 of the face 2 is hent in at right angles and provided with a number of cut-outs which are adjacent the cut-outs of the removal'ile spokes 7. thus forming the elongated slots 8. The other face of the inner wheel is composed of a number of removable spokes 7 having their outer ends 9 hent at. right angles and provided with cut-outs forming 'part, of the slots 8, and their inner ends provided with the heads 10 which fit in o similar shaped reeesses in the face ol' the hub 4. The removahle spokes 7 are held in position at their upper ends hy the bolts 11* which pass throng the tllLB-Jl'tlllOS 12 in said spokes,

through the apertures 13 in the stationary one of the slidahle;

slidahle hlock E2] and have their outer ends connected hy the holts J! to the outer wheel 1. 'ithin each cvlinder 16 is a coiled sining :23 surrounding the said rod hetween the head 2-1 and the upper end o'l' said cylinder, which serves to keep the inner and uter wheels in their relative. position. and also to allow the said wheels to yield with respect to each other. thus producingthecusldoncd effect of the pneumatic tire. 'The slidahle hlocks 21 are held and slide. on the shoulders 25 formed hy indenting the metal of the spokes 7 and the face 2. the same lilting into the recesses 2t: on the opposite sides of the said slidahlchlocksQl. 'lheseslidahlehlocks 21 are each provided with lugs 27 on each end thereof. and the stationary hlocks 14 are also provided with lugs 28 on their opposite ends. Between the stationary hlecks .l-land the slidahle hlocks 21 are coiled springs 29. the ends of which latter fit over the lugs 97 and 98 of said hlocks. These springs 29 permit of the sidcwisc moven'ient oi the hlocks f2] and the rods 1$l the latter moving in the, elongated slots 8'.

It will he seen that should anything hap pen to one of the cylinders. or the springs connected therewith. the same can he removed and repaired, by simply removing the adjacent removable nect-ing the outer end ot the rod ll) from the outer wheel 1. Thus repairs to any of the said. cylinders or its o 'ierativc parts may he made-without: disconnecting the inner and outer wheels.

The weight on the wheel will cause the coiled springs 2 to compress in the upper cylinders as the wheel turns. and the coiled s n-lugs Qt) permit the rods 1}) to move in the el springs 23 in the cylinders lt and the coiled springs 29. solid tires may he used on the wheels with the same cushioned etl'ect as that produced by the use of the pneumatic tires on, the wheels in general use.

spoke 7, and disconongatied slots 8. By the use of these coiled 5 comprising a plurality of iinlependentlv removable spokes having heads on their inner ends adapted to lit the reeesses in the FltlC of the hub and their outer vllt'lfi secured to the other "face oi the wheel, and flexible;

connections between saitl inner autl outer \Vl'lOClS.

The combination of an outer woeel.

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4C. The combination oi an outer wheel, a hub having one flat side. anti the other side tween tlIC upolt ot' the inner wheel. a ro l 1 noieetin" from each evliniler :nnl havii'ui' n D l inner wheel l'iavingf a plurt lity of elongated slots in the outer run thereof. a plurality of removable poltes. a plurulitv oi station ary blocks at the upper etlge o'l' sahl inner wheel, a plurality o't slid-able bloelzs. s priue's between saul stationary blorlv's antl removable bloelis, a evlinrler mounteil between the saul spoke; of the inner wheel, a rod pronzet mg from eurh rvhnrrler extending through the removable blot-ks tllttl having its outer entl eonneeteil to th outer wheel. arnl a eoiletl spring in eaeh evliinler ;urroiunling the. said rod.

fl. The combination of an outer wheel. a hub having one that ride and the ther side being provhleil with a number ol re esser-z 'an inner wheel having two tart one of .whu'h han integral spokes anrl'n: weure: to

he [lat side oi the hub and the otln-- tare i-hniprising a plurnlit) ol' intlt-penileutlv re movable pol r having ll( :t (l. on their inner (lltlfi zulapteil to til the rere e in the i le ol the hub aiul their outer en ltft'llltil to the other lare ol the wheel. evlhnlrrs niount e l betwtwn the pol es ot' the inner wheel. a roll projertiu; lroui earh ovlinler an l having its outer eiul rouneetwl to the outer its outer end projecting through the Stllvl elongated slots antl eonne tml to the. outer wheel. 11ml Springs in ean'h of .--airl r-. \'lin(ler.

:"i. The eonibination ot' an outer wheel. a hub having;- one tlut :-'l(l arnl the other siile being proviiled with a number of reresses. :in inner rhaving two laces one of which has ilk ra SPUhQS and its outer einl bent at right anvi -w antl provitleil with a number o'l cutouts in the e le thereot', :tltti the other face eomprieiug: a plurality of i-- le1naulentlv removable polie eaeh having its outer entl bent at right angles au l pro- \'l ltt'l with a number of elongated out-outs (tillltltlttli with the r-nt-out.- in the other lure. the inner eu ls of ai1l polv'es being provivleil with hearla' laptr-tl to lit the re eerww in the hub, evliiuler uiouutril between out :poltes ot' the inner wheel rotl pro it-eting lrolu ail r luulew anil having): their outer llttifi pruitating through the mid elon- I1llUtl lots aiul roiiin rh-(l to the outer wheel. aiul .--priu 1 in :-ai l ivliinleru.

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